Drunken driver strikes parked cars, flees on foot
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Panama City man was alledgedly intoxicated when he drove away from a karaoke bar and package store Friday morning and struck four parked cars at a nearby apartment building, the...
View ArticleJacksonville man gets life in prison in loud music killing
JACKSONVILLE (AP) — A Florida man convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a teenager in an argument over loud music outside a Jacksonville convenience store was sentenced Friday to life...
View ArticleWalkers will honor Domestic Violence Month
LYNN HAVEN — The second annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” walkathon will be Saturday at the Lynn Haven Recreation Center. The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes program is being sponsored by The Alpha Kappa...
View ArticleHathaway Bridge maintenance rescheduled
PANAMA CITY — Routine bridge maintenance work in the westbound travel lanes of U.S. 98 across the Hathaway Bridge previously scheduled for Oct. 13 through Oct. 17 has been rescheduled to Monday...
View ArticleMan doesn’t click it, gets charged with felony
PANAMA CITY — One Panama City man knows the importance of buckling up after being arrested Wednesday on several felony charges, according to Panama City Police reports. James Delbert Cashon, 22, was...
View ArticlePC records 10th homicide of year
Glenwood residents awakened to more bloodshed Sunday and parishioners headed to Mt. Olive Baptist detoured around crime scene tape as Panama City police investigated the city’s 10th homicide of the...
View Article2 dead in separate weekend slayings
PANAMA CITY — Two men have been arrested in connection with the beating death of a man Saturday morning, and law enforcement in Panama City continued to investigate a separate shooting death of a man...
View ArticleFHP feeds Florida families
PANAMA CITY — Florida Highway Patrol announces its inaugural ‘Stuff the Charger” Thanksgiving food drive. In partnership with food banks across the state, FHP is collecting food donations for...
View ArticleAnti-bullying event set
PANAMA CITY — The Student Advocacy Center of Bay County, as part of its month long series of National Bullying Prevention Month events, will host the first of a two-part Student Advocate Training at...
View ArticleWoman accused of impersonating law enforcement officer
PARKER — Police have arrested an Alabama woman for attempting to protect and serve — eventually abusing her power — though she was not actually a law enforcement officer, according to police reports....
View ArticleUPDATE: Police identify shooting victim; still seeking suspect
PANAMA CITY — Police released the identity of the city’s 10th victim of fatal gun violence Monday as the search for his shooter continues, the Panama City Police Department announced Monday....
View ArticleJury selected in strangling death trial
PANAMA CITY — The trial of a man accused of carrying out the strangling death of his father-in-law at his mother-in-law’s behest began Monday. Jurors were selected Monday in the first-degree murder...
View ArticleBlotter: Are you ready to party?!
When most people see a church, they seem to be able to resist the almost relentless urge to party. That wasn’t the case recently for one crew, hell-bent on a righteous shindig. That guy still wearing...
View ArticleCoast Guard searches for missing boater
MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater 50 miles south of St. Marks Sunday. Missing is George Taylor, 60, from Tallahassee, who was reportedly sailing his 27-foot Catalina...
View ArticleProminent FSU fraternity suspended
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — One of Florida State University's more prominent fraternities is being suspended amid an ongoing rape investigation. Campus police say they are investigating an alleged sexual...
View ArticleCoast Guard suspends search for missing boater
ST. MARKS (AP) — Coast Guard officials say they've suspended search efforts for a boater who went missing of the Florida Panhandle. The Coast Guard ended its search for 60-year-old George Taylor just...
View ArticleMan arrested in robbery
MARIANNA — After a robbery at knife point, police have made an arrest, Marianna Police Department reported in a press release. Dexter Luwon Morrison, 27, was arrested on armed robbery charges Tuesday...
View ArticlePCB woman dies in Georgia accident
A Panama City Beach woman died Sunday after being ejected from a vehicle in what Georgia State Patrol officials believe to be an intentional car crash in Long County, Ga. Gerard Lucien Pepin, 62, and...
View ArticlePublic safety divers converge on P.C. for annual conference
PANAMA CITY — Hundreds of public safety divers from across the U.S. and Canada came up for air in Panama City this week at a conference designed to support better response and safer practices for...
View ArticleWitnesses differ on murder plan
PANAMA CITY — Jurors heard three divergent accounts of what led to the strangling death and shallow-grave burial of a Vietnam veteran during Tuesday’s trial of accused killer David Lee Clanton. Weeks...
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